I think the following two features would make a big difference with the new nested format of Spectrum forum posts: Some sort of obvious visual indicator that a comment is new since your last visit to the thread, allowing us to do a quick scroll through and see easily what's been added since our last visit - eg http://i.imgur.com/63JSmVD.png A setting in our personal Spectrum Settings to select a personal default preference for nested thread sort order (Top, New, Old)